Created by: Nick Spencer and Cafu
1st appearance: T.H.U.N.D.E.R agents #1, 2011
Nationality: Kenyan
Team Affiliations: T.H.U.N.D.E.R Agents
Legal Status: Kenyan citizen with no criminal record.
Height: 5’10 Weight: 120 lbs
Eyes: Brown Hair: Black
Relatives: Unnamed wife (status unknown), Unnamed Son (Status Unknown), Unnamed daughter (Status Unknown).
Skills and abilities: World class long distance runner.
Powers: The suit uses closed time-like world lines and relativity curves in quantum states to subvert and trade the properties of time and distance in measurable amounts: in other words it allows for superhuman speed but it shortens your life.
Biography
An African man from the tribe of Kalenjin in Kenya, renowned for producing many of the world’s best long distance runners. As a child he loved to run and trained hard to become another in the long line of Kenyan runners. Before he was recruited to Thunder he had won two Olympic gold medals and three world championships. He also held the record time in the Boston marathon and was hailed the best runner of his generation. Riches through his running and sponsorships lead to a marriage with two children. Thunder decided to recruit him by faking a positive drug test and destroying his life. He was given the chance to run again and make his family proud by joining the United Nations sanctioned T.H.U.N.D.E.R Agents. He accepted despite use of the power suit shortening his life span.
December 31st, 2011 at 12:33 am
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December 31st, 2011 at 1:38 am
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December 31st, 2011 at 2:24 am
this guy reminds me of carl lombly in mantis. it’s kinds cool, his suit having some form of temporal ability. surely a way can be worked out where he doesn’t have a shortened life span due to usage of his suit.
January 1st, 2012 at 9:51 pm
If they don’t fix it to where he can maintain his speed and life then this character is a waste!
January 2nd, 2012 at 12:17 am
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November 2nd, 2012 at 3:33 am
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